The sTate of Things - Random Thoughts

Happy Birthday

nospam@example.com (Nichol Tate) — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:08:35 -0600

Simple birthdays are the best. Joseph let me sleep in this morning! It is great when he has taken four day weekends. I'm getting too used to this sleeping in thing. Then Joseph made a pancake breakfast for me. When went to a local park, Cook Rd Park, and played there all morning. Then a simple lunch of hot dogs, home made french fires, and home canned peaches and the boys are ready for a nap. I did some sewing while Joseph beat up bad guys on Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii. Then we goofed around till our dinner reservation at Kurama's Japanese Steak House. Very Yummy. Alex loved it. He enjoyed watching the show just as much as eating the food. He even ate most of his salad too. Alex kept on giving me hugs and kisses, so I know he enjoyed himself. Teagan loved the Onion Soup and mushrooms. And since one little tooth is sticking through, just barely, he was able to take pieces of mushroom too. If only I wasn't full, we would have gone and got some Mexican ice cream at Locopops.

I don't know if it was on purpose, or the lack of brain cells the battery in my phone died early this morning. So it was fun getting 5 messages on my voice mail after dinner. And my siblings calling to wish me a happy birthday.

Baseball and Pork

nospam@example.com (Nichol Tate) — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:01:05 -0500

June 15th and 16th have been days full of fun!

Friday night we went to the Durham Bull's game to celebrate Alex's second birthday. We all had a blast. Alex loved watching the game as well as playing on the playground. Alex also loved bumming food off everyone in the family. Grandma Barbara, Grandpa Jeff, Uncle Derek, Aunt Emma, and Aunt Laurelin were all there.

Saturday we went to Hillsborough's Hog Days. We all enjoyed pork bbq sandwiches as well as all the extra food vendors. Alex enjoyed riding the merry- go- round and the tubs- of - fun. He tried one other ride, but freaked out. An older sibling would have been a help, but soon Alex will be that older sibling. We loved looking at the craft vendors, I tried to figure out how to duplicate them. Alex found a greyhound dog to adopt. But by the time we will be ready to adopt in August, he'll already have a home. So we will just have to find another one.

Now Derek is staying with us! So it is off to have fun, everywhere. At the beach, at the movies, at the mall, parks and museums too.

3 Years of Bliss

nospam@example.com (Nichol Tate) — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 21:24:31 -0600

It is hard to believe that is has been three years that we have been married. It seems like much less. It is awesome to look back in amazement at all we have done. Joseph has been in three different companies during that time, and now he has landed in one of the best out there (according to me). We also bought a huge house that needs some work to update it, but still in great shape with great character. We have a beautiful baby boy that is the love of our lives the moment he arrived. I've almost finished my associate degree, I would be done but family comes first. Now I just need to find the perfect school of design to become, drum roll please, an interior designer. Though I'm using my house as a testing ground. And so far it is turning out great.

I can't wait to see what the next 3 and then on to 30 years brings!

Here at Last

nospam@example.com (Nichol Tate) — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 22:09:08 -0500

After months just kidding of bugging my husband, he has finally added me on to the blog. The internet is such a wonderful device. My own "memoirs" and I don't have to pay to have them published! There is so much to say, but the challenge is to write it all down, or at least the semi- important stuff. My mind races with thoughts on dealing with my sweet three month old son to what to fix for dinner to more intellectual, like discussing movies and literature.